The actual experience of Divine Being brings with it what I have referred to before as a sense of destiny. Each person, in the sense of being divine, is great. Because the human ego experience has been so strong, the reality of that greatness has been obscured and it has been assumed that it can only be found in human worldly affairs. A substitute may be found in this sense. This is all that has been thought to be possible to men and women. There are those who achieve what appear to be great things in the world of man; such people are acclaimed; but if the person's sense of greatness is dependent upon that, he doesn't know the reality of greatness. Regardless of what is actually achieved in the affairs of men, the person, from the divine standpoint, is great. This has scarcely been realized by anyone.
It is obvious that our Master when He was on earth had this experience of greatness and sense of destiny. This didn't come to Him because He achieved any exalted rank in man's world. This is not to say that He could not have done. Obviously, a man of such quality could well have moved to an apex point in the outworking of human affairs if He had been interested. That was one of the so-called temptations, wasn't it?—although it wasn't a temptation to Him. Human beings call that temptation, but to anyone who has any sense of true destiny it's not a temptation at all. The devil offered Him “the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them,” and no doubt He could have risen to great heights in the devil's world. So the experience of greatness is not actually dependent upon external achievement in the ordinary sense.
We may well remember the experience of a man called Abram, long ago. This experience properly relates to all of us. But he was a man born into a household that could, in the external sense, have been classified as a great family, but he exhibited the capacity to accept something greater. We may recall how it was put as the commandment of the Lord: “Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee.” The country, the kindred, the father's house, referred, of course, to the earthly parents, heredity and environment. “Get thee out, and reveal your capacity to accept a Great Promise, a great state in the awareness of a sense of true destiny.”
This opportunity is extended to people everywhere. It has been extended to you. You have some awareness of this fact. Of course, it is not an invitation to get out of the heavenly Father's country, kingdom, or from the heavenly parents and kindred—just the earthly ones, so that we may cease to be slaves to the hereditary background, which is true of all of us. None of us could be here without a heredity, and none of us could be here without having experienced environmental conditions and influences all through life up to this point. These have tended to establish whatever we have been in the human ego sense. The divine invitation, of course, is to get out of that. We necessarily remain in the world but we need not be of it. In other words, we may relinquish our earthly parents in that sense. We must do this if we are to accept the heavenly parents of love and truth.
So this invitation has been extended to all of us, and presumably we have begun to move on the basis of the instruction. Somewhere along the way Abraham, as his name finally became, made contact with Melchizedek, the Priest of the Most High God. This was necessary to him, and it has been necessary to all the rest of us. But the presence of the Priest of the Most High God only has meaning to those who are already in the process of leaving their earthly father's house and moving toward the unknown country. When something is actually being experienced in this regard, then the presence of the Priest of the Most High God has meaning.
Clearly, Melchizedek had something to say to Abraham, even though it is not particularly recorded what he said. At least he brought Abraham assurance of the reality of the vision which he had and which was the basis of his movement to that point. I think you have found that to be so in your own experience. To the extent that you were beginning to move in the right way, there came a day when the Priest of the Most High God, in one way or another, assured you that, while most everyone else may have thought you were being foolish, that you weren't going to get anywhere, actually you were being true to yourself, you were, to that extent, accepting the reality of a Great Promise.
This, has to be done personally, individually. The individual has to do it for himself or herself. It isn’t just a matter of being associated with something that has the earmarks of being great. It is a matter of accepting the promise of one's own greatness for oneself, because unless that is done there is no manifestation of a larger program, of larger greatness. It is absolutely dependent upon the fact that there are individuals who have accepted the promise for themselves.
It is clear Abraham had that capacity, so that he was moving. He had traveled some considerable distance; he had run into various problems along the way; he did land up in Egypt at one point. It was at the time of trouble which came upon his nephew Lot that he finally made contact with Melchizedek. Usually there are such stresses and strains in the individual's life which finally bring a person to the contact with the Priest of the Most High God. You can all correlate this in your own experience.
I seldom say very much about my own background, but as an example of something perhaps it might be profitable to look at that picture for a moment, because it exemplifies something of the working of principle, the principle which applies with respect to anyone. As was mentioned this morning, I was supposed to have been born with a silver spoon in my mouth. In other words, I had it made, apparently, right from the start. I didn't need to do a thing. When I was born, I was born into a family that had a certain position in the scheme of things, the structure of that particular country. That particular country at that particular time was still looked upon as being a great country, with empire and all. It soon disintegrated after I came. However, here was a country and a kindred and a father's house of very obvious hereditary dimension—a very clear-cut example of what was being referred to in the statement which Abram heard from the Lord: “Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee.” Now, of course, usually when that story is read with respect to Abram, as he then was, people have an imaginary picture of the Lord somehow or other gaining his attention and telling him these things. But it doesn't really work that way, does it? I doubt very much, in his case, that it was something that could be compared to the clear-cut spoken word. I doubt if he really knew what he was doing. There was a compulsion, obviously, and he moved with that compulsion. But probably the reasons he himself would give as to why, at that time would not be based in any particular awareness that it was the hand of the Lord.
In my own situation, I was channeled into the Senior Service, as it used to be called: the Royal Navy. Everything was just beautifully set for whatever should unfold in the days to come, if I behaved as I should under the influence and guidance of my country, my kindred, and my father's house. But this was the thing that, insofar as my own experience was concerned, troubled me, because, while there was everything there apparently, I knew that it wasn't me. The easy way, in a sense, in such case is to accept the status quo and stay with that, but apparently there was a compulsion in me which in effect said to me, "You need to find yourself, and you can't find yourself if you're wrapped in all these swaddling clothes." Now this is something that needs to occur in the experience of anyone, because in one way or another there are ways by which we can fall into the general design and pattern of man's world. If we experience this compulsion, which actually comes from the Lord—though we may know it not at the time—we feel under the necessity of moving out from the control of such a state and condition. Now this obviously occurred in my own situation. It might not be quite so dramatic with some others, in the sense of geographical distance and the insignificant place that I came to, far removed from the great country which I left. Very fortunately I had parents in the earthly sense who, while they were undoubtedly a part of that old state, nevertheless had a certain vision. Perhaps, if there was a greatness in the country of which they were a part in days past—and there was certainly a wonderful potential there—it was because of vision of this nature, which didn't limit itself to a little back yard. So there was, actually, a place prepared here for me to come to.
“Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, and go unto a land that I will shew thee.” Well, in this instance I thought I was coming to a ranch at 100 Mile House. This was completely unknown land insofar as I was concerned, but it wasn't really the land to which I was being introduced, although I didn't know it at the time. After arriving at 100 Mile House, having gotten out of the country, and kindred, and father's house, I found myself very much alone in the external sense. This was good. But I was faced with various problems, stresses and strains of one sort or another during the ensuing years, particularly, of course, as it was at this time at the depths of the so-called depression, which didn't allow me to get set in some irrevocable position. I didn't know what was happening. I didn't enjoy it particularly, much of the time. There was always the opportunity to go running back to Momma, but it didn't work out that way.
As the stresses and strains continued to intensify, there came a time when I met the Priest of the Most High God in the person of Uranda. In that experience I found assurance—not exactly yet understanding what it was that was unfolding, fortunately, but recognizing purpose in the unfoldment itself. That contact with the Priest of the Most High God was absolutely essential to me, in just the same way that the contact with the Priest of the Most High God, whoever he may have been, has been absolutely essential to you. But it only had meaning to you to the extent that you were already moving under the compulsion of the spirit of God. You may not have recognized that that is what you were doing, but unless it was the fact of the matter the appearance of the Priest of the Most High God would mean nothing to you, as witness that it has meant very little to vast numbers of people. One must already be moving for that contact to have meaning. We need to see this in our service to others, so that we don’t try to force something down anybody's throat. If a person is ready to see it, he’ll see it. If he isn’t, you can’t make him see it, so don’t try.
This is all rather an interesting story, we could say a real-life story, isn’t it? We see the same principles operative in every instance where there was any evidence of sufficient response to let them work. Usually the response was totally unconscious. It well may be so. It is best that it should be unconscious to start with, because a person can then be maneuvered into position where he can’t escape. If the human ego sees what’s happening, it is liable to be out of there like a shot.
There was another interesting event which occurred along the way. I had an only son in the person of Michael. I had to make a decision somewhere along the way, in my particular circumstance, as to what should be done with Michael. It had been suggested to me that he might well return to the old country for his education and, presumably, to be indoctrinated into the patterns there of the country, kindred, and father’s house. This correlates rather with what happened with respect to Isaac, Abraham's son, because he was taken up into that mountain of old worship on the basis that, according to the highest vision of Abraham at the time, this was the thing to do. Now, when it came to this point in my own life, with Michael ten years old, I had to decide what the right thing to do would be. Uranda never said a word. All he did was, after I had made the decision, to say he felt that I had done the right thing. First of all, I couldn't see how letting Michael go to England was going to be of any value, in view of my vision at that point of the outworking of the Divine Design. He was going to be sacrificed. He was going to be lost. I am sure Michael, at the time, felt that I was deserting him, because that’s the way I felt myself! Yet, there was a compulsion there that this, under that circumstance, was the right thing to do—trust the Lord! So, he went up into that mountain, but it's quite obvious that he wasn't sacrificed. Fortunately the ram was there, caught in the thicket, and so he returned. An interesting parallel in the outworking of this particular cycle, which may have some significance in view of the representation here which concerns all who share the unfoldment of the Divine Design. The working of principle; you might say, “a recapitulation” of something, that everything might be established and done decently and in order.
Now, of course, this pattern has worked out in the past, up to a point, a number of times through various people. In no instance thus far, it is evident, has it ever carried through, and has, therefore, the one who carried the supreme responsibility at the time experienced the fulfilment. For instance, Moses never came into the Promised Land. Because of some failure on his part? Perhaps he did make a mistake at one point by becoming subject to the people. He lost patience, which, under the circumstances, I don’t think was unreasonable. That may have been a factor in relationship to the later outworking.
Of course, when our Master was on earth, while He could have carried things through so easily and so beautifully then, He was not permitted to do it. Clearly, then, we could cite many more examples—it has never been the privilege of anyone of those who carried the responsibility to experience the greater fulfilment. Of course, our Master experienced the fulfilment for Himself, as was the case in other instances too, but not for the whole, which is really the sole and primary concern.
I have a responsibility in this matter now. Whether it carries through with me remains to be seen, lam not particularly concerned in the matter, because it will carry through anyway, I am assured. It is the overall achievement of divine purpose that needs to be considered, not whether one personally is on hand for this or that but whether one has played one's part, one's part of destiny, in making the ultimate fulfilment possible. Every one of us who have any conscious recognition of these things now has a part of destiny to play in this regard. The awareness of this, of the inherent greatness that is now present, must come to the individual; because, if you do not have a consciousness of your own greatness, how can you be great? If your consciousness is of mediocrity, of smallness, that's all you can be. That's all that human beings have been.
Now, I cannot—nobody can—cause a person to have that sense of greatness. It is something that is already present with each one. It must emerge through the person. It emerges through the person as the individual is compelled along the way, without any assurance from anyone, as Abram was. Then the Priest of the Most High God puts in an appearance. But if the individual has not really been moving when the Priest of the Most High God does put in an appearance, or the movement has been inadequate, then there is a tendency to depend upon Melchizedek. You will note that Abraham didn't stay with Melchizedek. He had his own thing to do. He assumed the responsibility of that for himself. Now that assurance can be valuable to a person if the person will let it be valuable—the assurance that is brought by the Priest of the Most High God. But it is merely an assurance with respect to something that the individual has already been experiencing. It is not assurance that what is required has already been experienced, that that movement is going to stop and, somehow or other, what is now needed is going to be handed over by the Priest of the Most High God. We keep moving in the cycle that was already in motion for each one.
We need to see this clearly in relationship to our own experience, but we also need to see it clearly as we are in the position of serving others, so that, while we may convey the assurance, we need to be very careful that we do not allow anyone to assume an attitude of dependence. People will try to do this to you. You have tried to do it to me. Of course, onlookers from out there always are inclined to take the attitude that all you poor people are dependent on me, that you don't think for yourselves, you can't think for yourselves, you can't do anything for yourselves. It may have been somewhat true of some of you. I have not been able to stand up before the world and say it hasn't been true of anyone, but I could say it shouldn't be true of anyone. Because if it is, and is persisted in, we have nothing.
We are relinquishing the old controls, coming out of the old state, and accepting together new controls. Most people don't realize, in the world the way it is, that they are slaves to what is already in the world. They have a peculiar conceit that this is freedom. Everybody is controlled by everything in the world around them; they all bow down and worship the same holy cows, are governed and pushed hither and yon by these things, and then presume to judge that for those who begin to accept a control that does not come within the range of their experience this means enslavement. Well, we have to experience it to find out. It doesn’t do us any harm to be judged—one can ignore all that—provided that we are moving along on the right basis. But if the judgment happens to be true, then there is something very much wrong!
My concern has been to assist you and all who have been associated with our program into an experience of personal destiny, so that it is you who are great, regardless of anybody else, and that greatness is not dependent upon anything you may have done or anything you may do in the external sense. I have no doubt that in my own situation, if I had been interested, I could have gained a position of influence and responsibility in this country, and maybe beyond that. There are many others sitting here who have the capacity to do so in various ways. But this is not what brings greatness. If a person has the experience of greatness within himself, if he has accepted this promise, this destiny, then he doesn’t have to prove it to anybody; it is so. It will prove itself, but not according to the ways of men.
Perhaps, looking at the situation as it is developing in the world, there is less and less confidence displayed by people in human leadership. People become more and more disillusioned. Authority is being rejected, because there is obviously no one who has any basis of understanding. Everybody is working in the dark. Nobody knows what they are doing. “Well, let’s try this, or try that.” All the old methods and ways are not working any more. As there are those who begin to experience the true greatness, the true destiny, here are those who do understand, who do know what is happening, who know the direction in which the movement must go. Who else could be looked to?
So many imagine that somehow through politics the world can be saved, either through backing some certain party in the political system of the country concerned, or through subscribing to some particular political system in the world-wide sense. We have this clash between what has been called democracy (and that’s a misnomer) and what has been called communism (and that's a misnomer), as though one or other of these systems is going to achieve what is needful. It becomes more and more obvious that neither one is doing it.
If, for instance, it was assumed that somehow or other politics was the thing, and we all got into politics, we would be tarred with the brush of failure, because it’s failing and it must fail. We would fail too, because it doesn't work that way. It doesn't work through any human method or system whatsoever. There is a Divine Way—the way, the truth and the life. That's the way it works; that's the way it will work. Those who are experiencing this for themselves know it. They know what the way is, in other words; they know what the truth is; they know what the life is. That's all that we need to know. When people become sufficiently disillusioned with the imagined ways of success that men have produced, then what is there left? God’s way is left. Not that God's way hasn't been present always, but we are considering this from the standpoint of this way being present on earth, not in some far-distant heaven somewhere.
In our association with man's world, we need to be a little careful that we do not become too much identified with the patterns of our association. I am sure that Ross, for instance, could very easily move into the political field with a fanfare of trumpets, and he would receive a lot of support in this in various ways from various people. There are others amongst our numbers who could do different things. But if we ever become identified with these things as though that is the important thing, we fail—as though, for instance, Ross being Mayor is the important thing. It isn't! It isn't important at all! Neither is it important that he is manager of Bridge Creek Estate. It's important that he is a great person in the sense of being divine. That's the only thing that is important. That's true with respect to anyone. I don't know whether some of you are basing your greatness any more in external achievement, but you had better forget it, because it isn't there. The greatness may be revealed through certain external achievement, but one needs to be very careful that people are not allowed to imagine that the greatness is the external achievement. The greatness is the person.
Human beings can be rather easily fooled in this regard. “Well, I achieved a high position in man's world; therefore I must be great.” Oh, no! If that is the reason for a person's imagined greatness, he isn't great. The greatness is the experience of oneself, for that is already great. It is in this experience ourselves, individually, that we begin to allow something that is great in a collective sense. We can't have a collective state of greatness somehow and join it, join the club, so to speak; because the club manifests—the rod of iron, isn't it, a club, by which the world is ruled—by reason of the greatness revealed through individuals.
I draw your attention to this that you may, whenever a sense of smallness assails you, deny that self. Our Master said that we should deny ourselves. That's what He was talking about, this sense of pettiness, the sense of human futility, the sense of meaninglessness, the sense that one is not important in the scheme of things and one could just step out and nobody would be any the worse. Well, that is true for a lot of people, most unfortunately, because that is what they have accepted for themselves. It isn't the truth in the divine sense at all, because each one is essential, absolutely essential, and we must nurture this sense of greatness, this sense of destiny, that we are here to do something which has never been done, never yet been done. Wouldn't that require great people? Everybody, all down through the ages, has failed so far. This is not to belittle other people, because they have made it possible for us to start from this point. If they hadn't lived we wouldn't be here. So we are not downgrading anyone, but we're merely recognizing our own field of responsibility because of those who went before us.
Now, I am not suggesting that we should develop swelled heads or conceit of some kind. This requires the greatest humility. As our Master put it, “I am meek and lowly in heart.” But there is a sense of vast greatness nevertheless, and anything that detracts from that in one's own attitude, in one's own expression, is the devil in action. Let it go! Deny it! It's not true. Accept the reality of your own greatness, which is already present. I can't give it to you; you've got it. This is true of anyone. You already have it.
Those who are already moving under the compulsion of the Spirit must contact the Priest of the Most High God. Possibly that experience for them will be by reason of you. It cannot be by reason of you if you have no experience of greatness, if you have no experience of being a Priest or Priestess of the Most High God. So I would commend you to concern yourselves with this consciousness of greatness, remembering that it has nothing to do with the external circumstance. It is your own consciousness of greatness which may be expressed and revealed in the external circumstance, but it won’t be unless you know it yourself. Be true to that now and in each moment.
O Lord, we are responsible for the destiny of this planet on which we serve. Obviously this is not a little thing, neither is it, in reality, merely a fanciful thing. It is the truth. It is the truth for each one. In Thy name, O Lord, I commend this truth to the experience of each one, that there may be the increased knowing of the individual greatness, so that each one, individually, in humility may represent and differentiate Thy greatness into form and expression on earth for all who will receive it, that Thy children everywhere who are already being compelled by Thy spirit may have the opportunity of making contact with the Priest of the Most High God on earth. As the old state of human making disintegrates, the reality taking form on earth is revealed thereby. These Thy servants here, and wherever they may be, carry the responsibility for those who are already on the way, that they may not be left without the evidence of Thy presence available to them on earth. I thank Thee, O Lord, for all who have accepted the Way, the Truth and the Life, now, in this moment, and who will continue steadfastly therein in the days to come. The blessing of Thy love enfolds them, giving them power. The blessing of Thy truth is present with them, giving them dominion, in the Christ. Aum-en.
The greatness of which I have been speaking is not merely greatness in the eyes of others; it is greatness in one’s own experience of oneself. That is something that emerges from where this is already present within oneself, and, as I have emphasized, is not based upon the appearance. If one's sense of greatness, or one’s sense of worth, value, is based on an appearance, it is false. Whether anyone on earth ever acknowledges your greatness is beside the point. What is necessary is that you should experience the fact of it for yourself. If you do, of course, that becomes apparent, not because you try to impose it on anyone but because it’s there, to be recognized by those who have eyes to see. If they don't have eyes to see, they won’t see it, and that's all right too. It makes no difference to you as to whether anyone recognizes it or not; the reality is real anyway, regardless. It may be that the failure of human beings sometimes to see is a saddening experience, because you know the blessing that might occur if they only could see.
How quickly the world would change now, even as it could have done when our Master was on earth, if there were a sufficient number moving already under the compulsion of the spirit of God, so that there would not only be a recognition of the Priest of the Most High God what one might call almost a subconscious recognition—but a conscious awareness which brings the certainty of it to one's own experience, so that one doesn't have to keep being convinced. Of course, one always has to keep being convinced if one fails to allow the constant unfoldment under the compulsion of the spirit of God. But where there is a continuing movement in that regard, then the reality of Priesthood becomes known because one has the experience oneself; and one is in position, then, to recognize one’s brother, or sister, in the same experience. If one doesn't have it, or one has it inadequately, then one will have an inadequate recognition as it relates to someone else. The consciousness in this regard in the human sense is such an intangible thing. People sometimes scratch their heads and say, “I must have met you before, or known you someplace else.” Some who are caught in the web of fantasy say, “Maybe it was a previous incarnation.” But it's trying to define something which is indefinable, because it relates to the realm of cause and not to the realm of effects. It relates to the unobservable, and yet experienceable, because it is one's own experience of oneself and of the Self which is the experience of all in their differentiated aspects.
So, the Great Promise which Abraham revealed the capacity to accept is the same promise that has been offered to the children of men all through the ages to this hour, and is capable of being accepted by those who are willing to be compelled by the spirit of God.
March 20, 2022 Johannesburg, South Africa and Salmon Arm, B.C.
Temple of Light service
David Barnes — Welcome everybody, and welcome into this new springtime season in the northern hemisphere, and autumn in the south where Mia and Arno and Laura are. I also want to take note of the fact that we have Yujin Pak and Marsha Bogolin in North America at the present time, and they are joining us. They are on this continent for the first time in a long while, and they're in Fort Collins, Colorado with Robert Merriman, Carol Travis, Luanne Somers, Suzanne Core and Bob Byl. Yujin and Marsha, I am so delighted to have you with us, and to feel your presence in North America. Perhaps that might sound strange, because we can be together by Zoom no matter where we are in the world; but I have found it does make a difference. I can actually feel a difference, knowing that you're on this continent—a difference in the vibrational field extending from where you are to here, and it's delightful to feel that palpably. And it's such a joy for me to share this hour with Arno—for all of us to share this hour with Arno speaking. He is a fine brother, and I love him deeply; and I trust him spiritually.
I'm not going to speak about the Ukraine this morning, or any of the disturbances, the wars in the earth. This event is something climactic, we feel. But I would refer everybody to the service we shared with John Gray a week ago [toneoflife.org/all-talks] where there was expressed a foundational spiritual attitude, approach and focus provided for our enfoldment and consideration of the events in the earth, events in the Ukraine and in Russia in particular. Obviously far more could be said than was shared in that brief hour with John—but there's plenty there as a fine reference point. And we can go back to a service from two weeks before that, to something that Sanford Baran shared which is equally foundational.
But this morning I feel a deep attunement with what Robert Merriman brought to the Temple service on February 20th, that we all shared—the Spirit of the Single Eye—the Single Eye, awake, alert, observant, and radiant in [greatcosmicstory.blogspot.com/2022/03/victoryshekinah-and-spirit-of-single-eye.html] heaven, observing what's going on in the earth, but keenly interested in what's taking place in the heaven; especially the new aspects of the heaven that are emerging now. Not just when Martin was around or Uranda, but now. We obviously have plenty of reference points on any aspect that comes up for consideration in heaven or on earth, through the rich primary material that we have available from Uranda and Martin. Yujin also has been giving services in Korea several times a month, and he has been speaking to the events in heaven and on earth that are our responsibility to enfold, encompass and participate in. And I am sure that's been occurring in other places as well, through other angels who are paying attention to the things that are occurring in heaven and being reflected in the earth. For me today, things have refined as we moved toward this hour, and primarily I have the feeling to share with you some words spoken by Martin. In a way I'm not that much interested in my own words—they're important enough, but I don't participate this morning because I want to hear myself speak, but because I feel a responsibility to participate actively, like all of you do, coming forth in the venues that the LORD has provided, taking responsibility and speaking my piece, speaking my word, playing my part, and not just leaving it to somebody else.
I was thinking that we are in the thirteenth seven-year cycle since this ministry was initiated in September 1932. This is a seven-year water cycle, and when we reflect back we can feel and recognize that a new configuration of design has been emerging, particularly within this thirteenth seven-year cycle, which began in 2016. And we're in the 6th year of this cycle, so that's an Air vibration; and if we think about what 6 represents, it relates to the coming forth of Man—on the 6th day Man was created—to take responsibility for the affairs of heaven on earth. We can see that's been happening over these past 6 years, and we can see the reconfiguration of assemblies of angels, drawn together by love to play their particular parts, each one, in the emerging design of a new formation of the Core of the Archangelic Body on earth. So this is an Air year, a quality of heavenly atmosphere in which a new Man and a new Woman is appearing—a new emergence of Core design is appearing, and we're all a part of that. What Martin has to say in this piece that I am going to read sets us up well for what's coming in the days ahead. It will help position us and have us poised and ready to participate. Later on this year, around equinox, we move into the 7th year of this 7-year cycle, and that's an Earth vibration, when we can feel something solidifying vibrationally, allowing us to begin to function on a firm foundation—confirmed upon the earth. And then the following year, near equinox 2023, we move into a new 7-year cycle, on an Air vibration for 7 years, where the atmosphere of this new emerging design of the Core is emphasized. I might remind us of words by Martin recently posted on Great Cosmic Story. [greatcosmicstory.blogspot.com/2022/01/the-living-core.html] He said: “While words may be spoken by one member of the Body, if they are true words, they are spoken by the Whole body. The Body of the Son of God is the Core. Those who compose the Body are all members of that Core.” So when speaking of the new emerging design of the Core, that includes all of us, and others. These changes are working out through all of us; and it's setting the stage for something in heaven and on earth that we can be ready for. The first year of the new 7-year Air cycle is a Fire year, emphasizing integration. And then, looking further ahead, as the 7-year cycles move from Air to Earth, and then from Earth to Fire, we need to be ready to represent the absolutely polarized identity of the Archangel in the heaven on earth, while things work out the cycles of purification as it relates to man's world. Here's what Martin Exeter had to say on August 11, 1986 in a service titled Come Near, Take My Yoke:
Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.” There was a man present in form who, through words of this nature, extended an invitation: “Come unto me”—unto the One who spoke the words. These words conveying the invitation were spoken by a particular individual who was present with those who heard the words spoken. Certainly these words do convey with authority a very specific invitation. However the person who spoke the words is no longer present in form to be drawn close to in response to what He said: “Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden.” That probably covers most of the population of the earth. “Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me.”
For I am meek and lowly in heart”—I am not arrogant. I am not assuming that I know something when I don’t. I do not arrogantly assume that I know anything very much. And, if there is response to the invitation, “Ye shall find rest unto your souls,” that is physically, mentally, emotionally, a relaxing, the beginning of quietness. When the arrogant mind lets go of its assumed ability to direct human affairs it may become humble, come to rest, be quiet, shut up, and participate in this continuing process, which is known by reason of rest: a relaxation of body, of mind and of heart. This is required for a reason. Without it whatever the yoke really is cannot be received, it cannot be taken, assumed in one’s own living. “For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.” This is the factual experience when the yoke is assumed; and the objective of this process is that the yoke might be assumed. All this was offered, the invitation was offered, to those who were present at the time almost twenty centuries ago. It was offered then because there was someone there to offer it. It is said of that One that He spoke with authority. Those who heard Him speak were quite aware of the fact of authority, even though they may not have agreed with what He said.
That truth no doubt carried considerable impact because of the authority that was present. And it had a very direct effect upon what we think of as history. Human beings were caused to move in various ways by reason of the authority that came to point in this man. This man did not hesitate to say, “Come unto me.” He didn’t say, “Come unto God,” or unto Moses or unto some other character of some other age. He was the One who was present and He knew, on the basis of His authority, that the only way an invitation could be extended was in this fashion: “Come unto me.” But the invitation only has meaning when there is someone present with the authority to extend it. This is something that is absolutely required. There was One who did extend that invitation; but the only acceptance on the face of the earth at that time, of the authority which He brought, was in His own body and mind and heart. So that is all He had to work with, and certainly He worked with that. Only a very few people were in the vicinity, but everything depended on those very few people, everything! It was the only way it could work at that time. It can’t be extended unless there is one present with authority to do so, one who is capable of saying, “Take my yoke upon you and learn of me. Do that! There is nothing else that has any meaning; do that!” [greatcosmicstory.blogspot.com/2022/03/now-or-neverfocus-of-essences.html]
But there comes a point when the invitation to accept the yoke emerges into the awareness of mankind because someone with authority is there to extend the invitation. And that invitation was extended by one whom we have known as Uranda. Some of you knew him personally, as I did. He said, “Come unto me.” And to anyone who did draw close there was no question: that was the authority. Oh there may have been a little bit of wondering to start with because that authority seemed so unbelievable. But it came home to some. Eventually it came home to me, so that—interestingly enough, if you put store by figures—seven years after I first met Uranda I became aware of my own commission, not because he told me but because I knew for myself. Having come close to him I became aware. And then, to continue the figures, another seven years and Uranda was no longer in form on earth, but I was. Uranda had never said to me, “If it should happen that I kick the bucket, then I appoint you.” He never said that, but I knew it. He didn’t have to say it. That is true of anyone who has accepted the invitation and taken the yoke. Thereafter there is no question. But one may dither around. It is entirely up to oneself. What is it you accept? What is it you admit into your experience? It is a matter of choice. It is a matter of responsibility, one’s own. In any case, there was one who spoke with authority within the range of my hearing and within the range of the hearing of quite a number of others who are still around. And though there may have been a little dithering for the moment, because it seemed so unbelievable, finally it penetrated. So it was my responsibility to offer the invitation: “Come unto me. Don’t come unto Jesus, who isn’t here; how could you? Come unto me. I assume the responsibility.” It may be that you find, if you come unto me, you come unto the One who was present on earth in the form called Jesus. That may be the fact of the matter, and you discover that. I’m not going to tell you. You discover it for yourself. But come unto me.
Now there is the start, isn’t it? “Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden.” The yoke is easy, the burden is light, when it is received. But it cannot be received until there is someone to say, “Come unto me,” and provide what is necessary to let it happen, to let the yoke be received. But it will never happen unless the one who issues the invitation is accepted. That acceptance comes because there is a recognition of authority. I think there is a general recognition that I speak with authority, even though this person and that person might not agree with what I say. There is a sensing of the authority nevertheless, and the lack of agreement relates to personal likes and dislikes. It has nothing to do with the truth. Because Uranda extended the invitation, in consequence of the invitation that the Master Himself had extended, because it came to focus again, and because I subsequently extended exactly the same invitation, there are you and others who have been drawn—not certainly to become members of an organization. But the form which begins to appear has a name, a very good name, really; a fine name, but the name doesn’t tell anyone who it is that is present in that particular form. That has to be revealed by reason of what finds expression through the form. We are each responsible for permitting this to occur in our own living, as individuals; but it also occurs through the collective Body as it takes form. I have had the responsibility and, incidentally, the authority to extend the invitation, “Come unto me, and learn of me. Take my yoke upon you, for I am meek and lowly in heart.” The fact that one has authority doesn’t make one arrogant—pretty humble. So is this true of what finds expression through this whole Body as it is drawn together. And it is the responsibility of this Body to receive the authority into expression in exactly the same way as was true of the individual called Jesus, exactly the same. He said, “Take my yoke upon you.” I say, “Take my yoke upon you, because thereby you will discover what His yoke is.” It is not separate from mine, but I am the one who is here.
I say these things to you because you know what I am talking about, really. And you have exactly the same responsibility: take the same yoke upon you and discover that it is easy and the burden is light. There is nothing stopping anyone in any moment, at any time, from accepting the true yoke, but you can’t accept the true yoke without your attitude being, “Come unto me”—certainly not the attitude, “Come unto Martin,” but for each one, “Come unto me.” That is the evidence of having accepted the yoke and therefore carrying the authority. In the collective sense, then, this invitation is extended. Now there begins to be a collective Body, not just an individual body. The truth has been proven out in the individual body but it hasn’t been proven out collectively. So we are in the business of proving it out collectively. And this Body which is taking form is all that is available! Let it take form. But it will only do so when you say for yourself, “Come unto me; take my yoke upon you,” because you have taken it upon yourself. If you haven’t taken it upon yourself you certainly can’t offer it to anybody else.
As this is done by all concerned there is a Body on earth capable of accommodating the spirit of Truth and the spirit of Love finding blended union in the state of what has been called the Son of God, the only begotten Son. There are not half a dozen or half a million, there is just one. There is nothing else, just one. And we are in the process by which this is revealed, proven out. Then there is authority on earth, declared through the living of each individual who composes the Spiritual Body which is in the process of being drawn into form. At some point it is drawn into form; there it is. What is it going to do? What it is going to do is extend the invitation, “Come unto me.” It is the spirit of welcome to those who will receive the yoke which is being declared by one’s own living. But nobody will ever receive it or ever have the opportunity of learning unless there is the collective form through which this invitation may be extended, “Come unto me; take my yoke upon you,” because the fact is revealed that the yoke has been taken and consequently is being offered. So we share the delightful responsibility of this.
David Barnes — Perhaps 20 to 30 years ago, some thought that this Spiritual Body had disappeared. Now we see, we know from inside our own heavenly consciousness and awareness of identity, that this Body is alive and present, and being reconfigured in this particular cycle in which we are participating. And we're more clearly aware, all of us, of the great significance of the radiationwork to which we are called from within the body of mankind, to extend the radiation of the Word by which all things are made new. Each of us as individuals is an aspect of that living, collective Body; and we represent many aspects, many walks, stations of life, and a variety of states of consciousness and ranges of understanding, in our radiation, our attunement with the Word. And so, when each of us comes forth with the Word of invitation, “Come near unto me,” it's the whole Body that is extending that invitation. And the invitation is to come, yes, to me, personally speaking; but really to become aware of the Body of the Archangel, the consciousness of the Archangel, and the Spirit of the Archangel—treasure in heaven, treasure of the Radiant Spirit which is now in the process of recreating the substance of this world into new forms and new patterns. And where our treasure is, our heart is also. I know that is so for me. My treasure is in this Archangelic Spirit—pure heart, transparent mind, Archangelic Body. And so we gather on the foundation of the LORD's accomplishment to this point, standing as one, and we release the Word, “Come near unto me. Come unto to the Archangel. Come unto me, the angel. Come on to me, the new Man and the new Woman. And at this point come unto Arno. So Arno, please come forward, and we look forward to sharing what's in your heart; your treasure in heaven. Wherever you are, come forth now.
Arno Van Haght — We are here, David.
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“And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia, for the LORD God omnipotent reigneth”—because when the word is true, it rings forth in the whole body also, David, as you said. “Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honor to him, for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife has made herself ready. And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen clean and white: the fine linen is the righteousness of the saints. And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb; and he saith unto me: these things are the true sayings of God.”
And so you extended an invitation, through the One that you are, and the answer from me is, “Yes, I will come; and I will draw near; and the yoke that is put upon my shoulders is that of light; and I accept it, and I will not take it off; I will not resist. I will not keep negotiating with the Lord, because He has waited a long time for me. He has waited a long time for you to begin the process of allowing the magic of love to be received into the pattern of life. We come into the joy of the Lord, because we accept the truth of those words. We accept the authority that came to focus through you, David; and we accept that authority because it is our authority; it is our focus. The Spirit of God is present, the Spirit of Truth is present, and then Love might have its way, and magic might be known in the pattern of life.
What is that yoke? Our LORD of Lords, when He said those words, was referring to a yoke. And of course, we know that yokes often got used with oxen; and recently we heard that the mind needs to be placed on the altar, cut up into pieces, released on the altar, because it has been unruly. Uranda indicated, as to the question “Why doesn't the Magic of Love manifest as the Magic of Life?” He said it's simple really: he said it's because we refuse the Magic of Truth—that is the yoke—because we would rather negotiate with the Lord around his design and his control, and refuse to apply our mind in context, in this day, while we hanker after the Jesus that we never knew in person, or for some of us, the Uranda that we never knew in person, or in my case, the Martin that I never knew in person, refusing to accept the invitation to “Come unto me” and receive the yoke, receive the Spirit of Truth, recognize and acknowledge the Spirit of Truth, so that the magic might be available in the pattern of Life.
And isn't it in the pattern of life that we experience so much frustration? As Uranda says, we end up being a few misfits that manage to eke out a bit of joy here and a bit of joy there in what he describes as the moronic pattern of living, of human beings who refuse to accept the focalization of the Spirit of Truth. Yes, they want to get a little bit of it. Yes, we want to try a few things that we recognize that we should. But in the end, we refuse to recognize the Truth. We refuse to recognize it in ourselves, refuse to recognize it in others, and then we wonder why the magic doesn't happen. And of course, those of us who recognize ourselves as being of the Order of Melchizedek, those that recognize themselves as serving with the Priests and the Priestesses in the Council of Reality, those that recognize themselves as Priests and Priestesses of the Order of Melchizedek: ours is to represent God to the people and the people to God; to set the pattern, to let the ordinances of heaven be present in the earth. And in that way, we do not have to have more “Ukraine’s”, more “Russia’s”, more “South Korea’s”—more of all the things that trouble human beings in the pattern of life. But we can do nothing about those things, says Uranda, unless we have the machinery.
I would like to think, David, that when we respond to the invitation that comes through you—and I respond to the invitation that comes through my own spirit—I would like to think that we have the beginnings of the machinery to allow the Magic of Love, by reason of the Spirit of Truth, to begin to be in the pattern of life. All things wonderful are of the pattern of Love. All things beautiful are because of Truth. All things glorious are because the union of Love and Truth manifests in the pattern of Life - because I am here, because you are here, and because you refuse to negotiate with the LORD around the truth of His love.
We can be armchair critics of the governments that we see around us. We can be armchair critics of those who appear to be in power, with levers of control over resources, over hearts and minds perhaps, but we have line-of-sight. This is an accountability principle that we have. We have line-of-sight; we as the executive of the LORD: He being the Chairman. We are close to Him. If something does not work in His Company—and He told us what His Company was: He said the earth is mine, the world, and all they that dwell therein. This is the Company for which we, as the executive, have responsibility for. He being the Chairman.
Maybe Vladimir Putin did hear of Martin Exeter. I don't know that he was ever on the mailing list. I don't know that he was ever known as a friend of the Emissaries. I don't know whether Zelenskyy was; I don't know whether Donald Trump was; I don't know whether Joe Biden was. But what I do know is, many of us in this room, we were at least on the mailing list. We were at least under the ministration of the Spirit. We had line of sight. So it is my responsibility. It is my responsibility to set the atmosphere of heaven in the earth according to the design and control, because I accept the yoke. I don't know about the leaders that I look at and maybe criticize in my spare time (not that I have much) but I know what my responsibility is.
I think in one of the times that you and I, David, had a chance to speak together, in demonstrating or in articulating what I meant by owning responsibility, is: I often look at it and say, “I didn't plant the fungi between my toes, when they got there. I know I didn't do that. But because I never washed and dried there properly, I did create the conditions for that to happen.” So my responsibility as an executive of the Lord, as part of the Council of Reality, as part of serving those who are on the Council of Reality, is to ensure that the condition for that which is a violation of His Law—that is rather centered in the black magic triangle of hate, false concepts and death—is not the environment that I create. The moment that I take the responsibility to orient and align myself with all of you in the creative triangle established in the LORD of Lords—that of Love and Truth and Life—then we begin to have the magic; the magic of true government, the magic that sets in the pattern of life the right conditions, the conditions that prevent the violation of Law, not the conditions that prevent the LORD from allowing His Kingdom to manifest through me, and through you, and through us.
I am not distracted any more by that which must pass away. In fact, I understand that the world is bathed in the fire of God's love, and it will burn without the Truth being in focus. It will burn, unless I stand and say, “LORD, I will come to you. I will take Your yoke upon me. I will adhere to Your prescripts of Your Kingdom. I will let the ordinance of heaven be set in the earth. You will have Your way through me, failing which, I will burn”. And so will you, and so will the world because the world is bathed in the fire of God's love.
It is not, as Uranda said, that we so much have a problem with the LORD and His Love. We have had a problem with the LORD and His Truth because: “it is too stifling for me; it doesn't come the way that I would prefer. David doesn't look how I would prefer him to; Divina doesn't do what I would like her to do; Mary Janak doesn't say what I would like her to say; John Gray doesn't deliver the way that I want him to deliver.” And therefore, I reject the Truth; I reject that which is coming from the LORD, through my opinions. This cannot be if we look to establish the pattern that the LORD is asking us to establish—and He's been asking us for a long time.
But today, David, you remind me, and you remind us, that the words of Uranda, and the words of Martin, being shared in this moment, are not just a tribute to those who are not here anymore. You remind me that it doesn't matter what they said unless these are My words. Unless we here can say not that it's Arno’s words—Arno doesn't really count; neither does David Barnes count. The spirit of the LORD counts, as it comes through all of you who make it possible for the Temple of the Lord to be established, to be real in this time, so that the words that were spoken by Me in 1954, and by you, if you have accepted the yoke, can finally be answered. And it was another invitation, when Uranda, a few months before he left, was the voice through which our voice was spoken—whether we were alive then or not is not important; it's still our words—and he said that someday there are going to be those who come together with one accord in one place, to receive the things of God out of heaven into the earth, and it is going to be a glorious experience for those who dare to do it.
Many of you here were a part of answering that Call in the pattern of victory that was set up by Martin. You can go back, as David and I did in some of our conversations. Go and track what happened in world affairs as the pattern strengthened, as those of you who actually served with him stood with him, and accepted the yoke. Check what happened in world affairs. There was a victory. There was a rising tide that occurred, and a new opportunity was created. And then perhaps it could be argued that some of us forgot. But it's time to return, but not to return as the Israelites did. Every time that they were in captivity they prayed to the LORD, “Save us!” And He saves them. Then they forget. Then they're back into captivity, and He sends someone else, and then they forget.
But this is the beauty of the Word of the Lord of Truth spoken again in this day—the grace is still available—that says, “Come unto me; all is forgiven if you place yourself on the mercy seat, in meekness and humility.” That is the intelligent choice. Receive the forgiveness. Blank page. All that which is good returns to you. Take that yoke upon you. Never put it off. And then in this day, by reason of Love's Commission, glorious life might be experienced abundantly. And here is the Shekinah manifest, because the Priests and Priestesses of the Order of Melchizedek, the Council of Reality, has truly and truthfully and meekly placed itself on the mercy seat to perceive and receive His mercy. It is us, the Priesthood that must ask for His forgiveness, for creating the direct and indirect conditions, in our personal and collective lives, that allowed for the madness of the mind-made-man and the man-made-mind to rule the world the way that it has because we have been asleep. But we are no longer asleep! The Lord's call has been answered. We have come unto Him. We will take His yoke, and we will not put it off.
And when we do this, and we lose to the Lord of Love, by reason of acknowledging the focalization of the Lord of Truth here and now, in and through us, then, and then only, is love's command able to be fulfilled because we are here. And when we lose to Him then He gives us the victory—and we receive it, and we accept it! Love's command in this instance is “Go and sin no more”. Go and use all the power, all the force, and all the energy that would be necessary to accomplish anything under the sun from the standpoint of Reality. Not in Arno's power, not in Laura's power, not in David's power, not in Yujin's power, not in any of our individual power. But in the Power—an inexhaustible point that gets released by surrender to the true reality.
The Temple of Light is again established. The Lord of Truth is here because you are here, I am here. And in the recognition of that we come to know and have union with the Lord of Love, and then we know it in the patterns of expression of daily life. This is the evidence of the Presence of the One Who Dwells, Who then accomplishes the work.
Are you with me? Are we now going to do together what must be done in Spirit and in Truth? The Lord of Heaven and Earth is still waiting for our acceptance of that invitation of His desire to be fulfilled on a consistent and steady, trustworthy basis. Are we going to answer the Lord, and say, “Here I am LORD, never to leave your Temple of Light again. Serving in the Priesthood, I will remain with one accord in one place, so that your glorious work may be completed.” Or will we yet again keep the Lord waiting, saying, “Well someday, somewhere, someone—maybe David, maybe Yujin, maybe John Gray, maybe Arno, maybe Divina—will do the work?” Or will it be me. Or will it be you. We should not tempt the Lord of Love and force the hand of the Spirit of Truth. But what we do in answering that question—and what you do, and I do, in answering that question—has yet to be seen in the days to come. But if we do these things, then we have all the power necessary to begin the work in this day, in this cycle, in this new time, and allow the glorious works to be completed. And it will be done if we, the Priesthood, and those who serve with Him, and serve with us, agree on earth as touching these things. I am with you. I AM with You. The question is, are you with Me?
This is the Word of the Lord of Light shining in your hearts, and shared with you yet again to the glory of God, to the blessing of the children of the earth everywhere. Aumen.
We have the opportunity, short of the space of a half an hour, but certainly the time of attunement, to receive that which would come from the Body of God, from the Bride, in receiving the union and allowing for the magic to emanate from where we are into the world, in our consciousness, through our Body, together setting the ordinances of heaven anew. This is the time to let the LORD know that we are with Him. This is less the time to say thank you to Arno or to David. This is more the time to share in the pattern of agreement. So I would open the floor, and to start, I would invite Laura Malan to open that time for us. And then we will allow for the voices of the choir that is in your hearts to be heard.
Laura Malan — What a glorious blessing it is, to dwell in the house of the LORD with all of you together today. My heart is full to brimming, hearing the very clean and crisp, and loud invitation and exhortation extended through David and Arno. Such a clean and simple request, “Come unto me and assume my yoke.” All I have to do is meet my KING, pursue my rightful commission, my rightful place in this Body, surrender to the magic of Truth, so that the magic of Love can be manifest magically through me, and invited through others. So, this Daughter of God accepts the invitation extended through David, and again through Arno. I am come unto you. I am here, ready to assume my yoke from You.
Marsha Bogolin — Today a line of agreement has been drawn on earth, David and Arno, a line of agreement between two men—but it includes far more than two men. It includes me as part of the bride prepared for her husband. It includes other men in agreement—and there is an arc of agreement encircling the globe. And I love that it's not come near unto him; it's come near unto me. It's not come near unto her; it's come near unto me. I love that the yoke is the magic of truth; and that we stop negotiating with the LORD for our own preferences, and simply let the magic of love come through the magic of truth, unfolding moment by moment, to bring forth the magic of life. Thank you. Praise God
Davina Misroch — I love that Marsha. Thank you. I'm reminded that the Lord looks upon the heart. He knows I'm with Him. I don’t need to say anything; He knows. That's an unbreakable bond; nothing can break that. And I'm also reminded of the promise: I am with you, even unto the end of the world—even unto the end of man's world. That’s a heck of a confirmation. It's coming because of us; we're bringing this, and that's a neat way of describing this one unified radiation. I am definitely with him, and he knows it.
Bill Bahan — Thank you, David and Arno. I loved your passion today, because without passion nothing much really happens. The attitude towards the LORD has been, “I can take it or leave it.” But that's not the attitude that's going to extend the Spirit of the Lord on earth. No. I can't take it or leave it, because in passion for the truth the yoke can be accepted; without passion for the truth the yoke could never be accepted. And so it's good to be with you today to accept the yoke, and to remember that it's an easy and it’s a light yoke—light, meaning it's radiant. There's radiance to this yoke that we've accepted; so here's the evidence of the Lord on earth, the radiance of His spirit. And the radiance offers blessing and enfoldment to the world, and an invitation to also accept this yoke of radiance. What is so difficult about accepting the yoke of radiance! It's the most beautiful yoke there is, and it's lovely to be here right now to extend this invitation to our world. Thank you both; lovely time together.
Pamela Gray — It is obvious when any of us speaks that we step into that radiance because we have accepted I am that I am. And it's obvious too, when we look at the screen and we see familiar faces that we have come on our own, into our own, and let the Christ Spirit have its way daily with us. I was thinking of the yoke, the oxen, the mind—necessary to let the design, the control, our classes, our assemblies; all of the design created to let the stillness come into focus and let the LORD have radiance through us, and know that I am that Spirit. I'm thankful for this light body that has gathered so consistently, and has not forgotten our true commission that the LORD gave us from the very beginning; and we find ourselves speaking, different ones speak every month—indication that we have accepted that yoke of radiance. Design and control are natural to us, and it’s not a narrow path—it is the Single Eye, but it is radiance of the Lord’s Spirit that each one of us focuses as we step into the light.
Laura Fisher — As we have stepped into the light, for years now—however much that has happened for us individually—this morning we step together, and in the authority of the One I am we become the One we are. And here we are, the One that is necessary on earth to get this job done, and not a moment too soon. As I sit here bathed in this glorious light, I had the privilege of a vision appearing in front of me. The LORD with a crown of gold and a robe of light, resplendent in jewels and abundance. He is here now, because we are here now. The authority of this process is a very easy yoke when it's actually taken; and it hurts a lot when it's ignored. So we come forth today. Praise the light.
Shirley Malin — It thrills me from deep down inside to feel the passion of these two men, and the beautiful radiance that comes with it in the whole body here. And I recall Martin making comment years ago, about the fact that nothing could happen if there weren’t the agreement of men. It needs to start with two men in agreement, and we certainly felt that today, in a passionate extension of the easy yoke. There was no involvement in this earthly state of chaos and wars, and rumors of wars, and all that nonsense. There was simply an alignment with the truth of love, and I think we've all felt it. I feel this in the core of our being together in this moment. So I am most grateful for this radiance. And I'm not laying it on David or Arno, these beautiful men, but it is what they're bringing to focus in all of us. So my praise and thanksgiving to everyone who's offering into this beautiful morning together. Thank you all.
Anne Blaney — Thank you both men; and the women who responded. I was thinking how stepping into the light is a very specific stepping, and that the radiance of the LORD, which is happening all the time, requires a very deliberate stepping into the line of that radiance, because we are specific beings on earth who are built to be in alignment with that radiance in a very specific way. And it happened when we first heard words of this nature, and we put our bodies in the vicinity of these words, and this love, this radiance. But we've all discovered there is an increasing necessity to be very specifically in alignment with that radiance, in a very specific way, and that does relate to the function of the mind—taking the yoke. I appreciate that emphasis. And of course the paradox is that the true yoke is light, but a constant, consistent alignment needs to take place—step out of the light and it is no longer happening through you—and yet its all around. I appreciate stepping into the light individually; but now together in this time which allows that power to be focused and present in this beautiful Body that is actually waiting to wake up. And we each assume our particular places in the Body—the foot doesn’t decide it doesn’t want to be part of the body. We are seeing an increasing definition in that Body as we each find our places in it. So this was a specific time for a specific alignment together, and I really deeply appreciate both men and their words.
Stewart Berger — Thank you Anne. What you have said is so beautiful, about how radiance is constant. The Christ Spirit—to allow that to always have its way with us. These experiences are so wonderful. Arno and David, thank you so much for allowing your radiance to inspire unified radiation. It is important to stay with the Word, the current of life—that is the only game in town. Passion for the word—nothing happens without that—and it reminded me of having lust for the Lord—that is the intensity that is natural. Is there anything more beautiful than the Word. A lot of attention has naturally been given to the war in Ukraine? With a higher perspective, looking at more than effects, we remember that there is a cause; and so the true position is to be with Cause. It's a natural position; it’s who we are; it's where we come from; it's our home vibration. If something happens somewhere in the body, attention is focused there for a time being. But perspective allows us to regain a greater vision. And we have a connection with cosmic consciousness, so there is much more going on, more than effects happening, lives being lost in Ukraine. How much more life has been lost through ignoring the Christ Spirit, ignoring the Word, the radiance, the current of life that is ever present, and in every moment always flowing. How much more life can be given by knowing oneness with the Word! This is where I'm at right now, remembering true Cause and the fullness of life which is my responsibility to allow in every moment.
Yujin Pak — I so appreciate what you, Arno and David, have spoken, and I am 100% in agreement in the power of it, the authority of it, the reality of it. We part the veil and step into the breach of our time, in this day, and speak the Word. The words that Uranda spoke in 1954, they are my words. The words that Martin spoke in 1987, those are my words. And until those are my words, our words, we have not finished our job—and we are here to finish our job. Arno, you spoke about having line-of-sight as executives of the LORD, and therefore being accountable and responsible. We have not only line-of-site, we have line-of-fused-identity in the LORD. We have that. And so much greater is the accountability and responsibility as a result. While many things have happened in these 20 to 30 years, none of it matters. What matters is now—that we step into the breach, as Martin stepped into the breach in 1954, and in fact earlier; as Uranda stepped into the breach, as our LORD stepped into the breach of His time 2000 years ago. Now we step into the breach, 20 to 30 years after whatever happened evaporate as we step into the breach now and speak the Word. We are of one fused identity in the LORD, and time disappears, the veil parts if we step in and speak the Word now. We accept, and—as you said Arno—never take the yoke off again. Thank you so much. I am in agreement with you.
David Barnes — I love your powerful words Yujin, “We are one fused identity in the Lord; time disappear, the veil parts, if we step into the breach and speak the Word now.” Relative to this quality of absolute alignment, there has been a phrase from Uranda running through my heart over the last few weeks, spoken by him in the late 30’s. He said, “The seemingly impossible has been accomplished”—referring to the drawing together of the cells of the Christ Body in the womb of the Mother, leading to the eventual birth of this Body; followed by the coming alive of this Body; and gradually stepping into action, as it was parented so beautifully through Martin. I think in some measure the same words can be spoken today—the seemingly impossible has been accomplished, referring to the re-emergence of this focus of Presence that we can feel through the Spirit we share today, with a consciousness of the reforming Core of the Archangelic Body that is sufficient to this day. Not to overstate this, but the fact is that something has emerged in a brand new way in recent months, and we are acknowledging it here.
This is also indication of the fact that there is much more for this Body to do—many of us around the world. There is more to coalesce in the reality of oneness. There's more responsibility to be assumed as each individual steps into the breach. And there will be more specific gatherings required—gatherings of angels—to bring together those who have specific responsibilities related to the vibrational Core now functioning within the body of mankind. How that will come about, when it will, and who will be drawn to together, we don't know. But we know that the LORD draws His angels together to accomplish specific works in the world as He deems necessary. And this is us—this is you, this is me. And central to the message released wherever we gather will be: Come near; take my yoke. The Word of the angel—words spoken through the heart and the soul of this Body. Come near unto me, this man, and through this man draw near to the LORD, because the LORD has a Body on earth. Come near to the Body of the Archangel on earth; take this yoke, and find rest unto your souls, and discover, learn of me. And this emphasizes the importance of our radiation work now, from within the Temple of Light, in all the days to come. I am thankful for all that we shared. And Arno, I love you, brother. I love your words, and I look forward to sharing them further afield.
Arno Van Haght — Thank you, David. The kingdom of Heaven is indeed at hand, perhaps more today than it was yesterday. I'm going to change that. More today. Not perhaps more today. More in this hour than it was yesterday. Thank you, David. And as long as we agree that we are the instruments through which that fulfillment can come, and we agree on earth as touching these things, as Yujin just did, then we're going to have more of that which has felt impossible indeed being possible. This is the Word of the LORD. And we leave it to you Steve, to close. Thank you.
Steve Ventola — What power we share today. Only silence and continuing in the rhythms of life allows us to continue in our generative ways. And the intensity we share during these times is intense. The pressure of love is calling, and we feel that, “Is it I that needs to come forth now, to speak in this time?” But really the point is that I, coming forth in our daily lives, offering what we need to provide, from the core I love to the periphery. There's been a lot said today, and a lot felt. Let's hold it. Let's know the implications for ourselves, let's continue in the rhythms of life. Our next Temple of Light Service will be on April 17th, and Shirley Malin will be leading our time. We look forward to that Shirley. Now Robert, you have some music for us.
